Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to close all educational institutes in the country from November 26 in light of the novel coronavirus. "On January 11, 2021, all educational institutions will reopen," he said. "Students…
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PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz on Sunday said that she had told former prime minister Nawaz Sharif not to return to Pakistan as there was no humanity in the incumbent government since no official informed her of her grandmother's…
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Pakistan continued to record more than 2,000 coronavirus cases in a single day on Monday, with 2,756 people testing positive for the virus on Sunday and 34 fatalities occurring from the infection, as per data from the National Command and…
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KARACHI: In an unusual happening, WWF-Pakistan's trained fishermen caught more than 100 metric tons (m. tons) of sea catfish from the Indus Delta on Saturday evening. A fishing boat from Rehri noticed a mass-scale aggregation of giant…
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The United States hopes to begin coronavirus vaccinations in early December, a top government health official said Sunday, the latest positive news to emerge even as cases surge across the worst-hit nation and elsewhere around the globe.…
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The Pakistan government is set to take a decision today on whether schools should be closed in the wake of the second wave of the Coronavirus gripping the country. Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood is scheduled to hold a meeting…
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A short boat ride from the shores of Karachi, mangrove trees sprout along the quiet inlets of an uninhabited island that environmentalists say provides vital coastal protection to Pakistan's largest city. But the calm of Bundle Island,…
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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) will be held responsible if the government is compelled to go into a complete lockdown in the country due to the second wave of the Coronavirus. In a series of tweets on Sunday, Prime…
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LAHORE: Punjab Education Minister Murad Raas on Saturday said that the provincial government has not made any decision with regard to either letting schools remain open or closing. There has been a lot of criticism on the provincial…
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LAHORE: The Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) on Saturday nominated Khadim  Hussain Rizvi's son Hafiz Saad Rizvi as the new chief of the party and the successor to the late TLP chief. The decision was announced after funeral prayers for…
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Pakistan has reported the highest death toll in the past four months from the novel coronavirus in a single day, according to figures from the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC). As many as 42 people died on Friday from…
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LAHORE: Thousands gathered at the Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore on Saturday to offer funeral prayers for Khadim Hussain Rizvi, who died on Thursday night after being ill for the past few days. Pictures and videos of the event were shared on…
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Prime Minister Imran Khan has high hopes from the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust cancer hospital in Karachi, going by his latest tweet. Taking to Twitter, the prime minister revealed that seeing pictures of the hospital being constructed…
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari on Saturday broke her silence against the killing of an Ahmadi doctor inside his home in Punjab's Nankhana Sahib district. A doctor belonging to the Ahmadi community was shot…
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday took a shot at opposition parties on the eve of their anti-governmental rally in Peshawar. "The same PDM mbrs who had wanted a strict lockdown and criticised me earlier now playing…
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